Circulation Assistant Eleanor Johnson copies a phone book from the 1920s to archive the aging pages Wednesday at Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library. Delayed by a year, a project to expand and improve the library is set to begin April 11, with a groundbreaking event for the public April 28.
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Youth Services Program Assistant Cari Teasdale holds a box of prizes Wednesday for Brielle Gardner, 6, of Baraboo, after she finished an activity at Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library.
Sara Dunlap helps her daughter, Brielle Gardner, 6, during Brain Booster exercises Wednesday in the children's section of Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library in Baraboo.
Linda Barney, right, plays a memory game with her grandson, 7-year-old Behr Poydras, Wednesday in the youth section of Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library.
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GALLERY: Baraboo library brings back clown workshop, pie-throwing contest
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Youth Services Librarian Carey Kipp wipes shaving cream from Baraboo 9-year-old Izaih Kopischke's face after he volunteered for the pie-throwing contest Thursday morning at Ochsner Park as part of the annual clown workshop hosted by the Baraboo public library and the International Clown Hall of Fame. For more photos and video of the event, visit baraboonewsrepublic.com.
Baraboo Mayor Rob Nelson takes off his glasses Thursday morning after professional clown Greg DeSanto, left, Baraboo, threw a pie filled with shaving cream at his face at Ochsner Park as part of the annual clown workshop hosted by the public library and the International Clown Hall of Fame, which DeSanto directs. The experience "fulfills a lifelong dream to take a pie in the face from Greg DeSanto," Nelson said, adding that he was glad city council members weren't there "to take lessons." For more photos and video of the event, visit baraboonewsrepublic.com.
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Greg DeSanto, Baraboo, launches a pie filled with shaving cream at 16-year-old Lela Wise, Baraboo, Thursday morning at Ochsner Park as part of the annual clown workshop hosted by the Baraboo public library and the International Clown Hall of Fame, which DeSanto directs. It was Wise's first time being hit with pie. "It was dark, and it was fun," she said afterwards. For more photos and video of the event, visit baraboonewsrepublic.com.
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Baraboo Mayor Rob Nelson braces for impact as professional clown Greg DeSanto, Baraboo, throws a pie filled with shaving cream at his face Thursday morning during the public library's annual clown workshop at Ochsner Park. State Rep. Dave Considine, D-Baraboo, who served as DeSanto's first target, watches from the background. The experience "fulfills a lifelong dream to take a pie in the face from Greg DeSanto," Nelson said, adding that he was glad city council members weren't there "to take lessons." For more photos and video of the event, visit baraboonewsrepublic.com.
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Baraboo 16-year-old Lela Wise laughs after having a pie filled with shaving cream thrown at her face Thursday morning at Ochsner Park as part of the annual clown workshop hosted by the Baraboo public library and the International Clown Hall of Fame. It was Wise's first time being hit with pie. "It was dark, and it was fun," she said. For more photos and video of the event, visit baraboonewsrepublic.com.
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